Here are Friday’s latest updates:<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Iran said on Friday that its response to any new U.S. threats would be “devastating” after Washington pledged to impose the toughest financial penalties <\/a>in history with the aim of toppling the Iranian leadership.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/a> an “antisemitic dictator” and accused him of massacring Kurds, harboring Hamas operatives, occupying half of Cyprus and imprisoning journalists and politicians who oppose him.<\/p>\n \u25a0 The Israeli military said Friday that troops operating in southern Gaza shot a Palestinian who crossed the IDF-controlled area<\/a> and approached the soldiers “in a way that posed an immediate threat.”<\/p>\n \u25a0 The Israeli military said that it struck a building in the area it controls<\/a> in southern Lebanon after it alleged that several “suspects” crossed into the territory.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Turkey has asked Interpol to enforce an arrest warrant issued against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> in November, Justice Minister Ak\u0131n Gurlek said.<\/p>\n \u25a0 The Israeli military said Friday that its soldiers were dispatched to the area near the West Bank village of Sa’ir, north of Hebron, after receiving a report that Palestinians were throwing rocks at a group of Israeli civilians who were in the area without prior authorization<\/a>. The IDF did not comment on reports that the gunfire killed a 17-year-old Palestinian and seriously wounded a man in his 70s, or provide further details about the incident.<\/a><\/p>\n \u25a0 Belgium on Friday condemned Israel’s plans to advance construction in the E1 settlement area of the West Bank, saying the move threatens the prospects for a two-state solution and violates international law. Germany, Canada, France, Italy, Norway, New Zealand, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Belgium <\/a>said in a joint statement that Israel’s decision to issue tenders for construction in E1 is “unacceptable.”<\/p>\n